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    Act Against Bullying
    Act Against Bullying
    Act Against Bullying
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    Act Against Bullying

    By Louise Burfitt-Dons

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    "Bullying often starts with the little things which are overlooked. These monologues are brilliant."

    This collection of set scene pieces is an updated version of the bestselling Act Against Bullying monologues which were first written in 2002. They have been used by schools and organisations internationally to counter bullying and help deal with other sensitive classroom issues. They cover the everyday events which can cause distress, from picking partners at school to being left out of groups. 

    Bullying has been identified as one of the major causes of teen suicides nationally but effective methods of dealing with it will continue to evade legislators and authorities. Research has established that bullying activity often begins 'the little things' which are often overlooked and therefore these are the type of common situations covered by these monologues.

    This book is intended also for actors who want to make others aware of the social factors around a familiar lived experience, students looking for short audition material, teachers and social workers wanting to explore a painful memory, or adults wishing to re-examine a painful experience which may well be still playing out later in life. 

    There are fifty four short monologues in this edition. They are labelled for girls with (G) and boys with (B) though many can be transposed for either sex quite easily. 

    The final set scene pieces have been recently added to cover the modern problems of social media, cyberbullying, sexting, and parental abuse, and online grooming.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLouise Burfitt-Dons
    Release dateMar 13, 2018
    ISBN9780953852246
    Act Against Bullying
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    Louise Burfitt-Dons

    Louise Burfitt-Dons is a playwright and screenwriter who has had five of her works produced since she began writing drama in 1986. She researched bullying at school in 2000 to produce these scene pieces for classroom study. This project was the inspiration behind her founding Act Against Bullying a national UK charity which helps empower victims.

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      SHE IGNORED ME (G)

      W

      hen I saw Frankie in geography I asked her why she was ignoring me. And why she ran away from me in the playground. My heart was beating that hard. I really didn't want to ask her. Just in case she said she didn't like me anymore. 'Why did you run away from me?' Frankie looked straight ahead. Then she turned to look the other way and turned her back on me. She got up and started grabbing hold of Amy. Then they walked off. I could see Amy saying something to her. It felt really awful. I started to cry and Frankie looked a bit embarrassed. Another girl said it was Amy's fault. She had got all my friends to run away from me. They had to do so. Otherwise they wouldn't be in the group anymore. Everyone wants to be in the group. Me too.

      PARTNERS (G)

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      hen you go into the classroom in the morning there are always people screaming and running around. I just want to stay at the back and be on my own. The worse time is when you have to have a partner. And you know no one will pick you. It makes you feel really bad like everyone hates you. I told my mum, and she said to go and ask someone to be my partner first. But I tried that once. It was in a cooking lesson. We were making cakes, and we had to be with someone else. I asked this girl, 'Will you be my partner?' and she said, 'Yes'. I was really happy. Then when we went to the table, she suddenly said 'I don't want to be your partner any more' and ran off and joined another girl. I was left on my own and the teacher told me off. 'I said to get into partners' she said. I never asked anybody again. My mum says I'm shy, but I'm not really. It's just I don't want that to happen again. It was horrible.

      NEW CLOTHES (G)

      N

      o one wants to be with me at school. When I told my mum she said. 'Maybe it’s because you don't wear the right things.' So she took me out to buy new clothes. She's really nice, my mum. She didn't have to do that. She bought me these new jeans and stuff that was really expensive. When I wore them on Mufti, everyone just stared at me. No one said anything. Not one word. So I asked Sarah, 'Do you like what I'm wearing?' She said, 'Yeah', but not like she meant it.  Then her friend said, 'Just because you've got new clothes doesn't mean anything.'  I told Sarah that my mum had bought them to help me get accepted. 'Buying new things doesn't make you cool, stupid' someone said. They said really horrid things like, 'You're bragging'. And 'Just because you've got some new jeans doesn't mean you have to tell everyone, do you?' But I wasn't doing it to show off. I wish I hadn't worn them now. Anyway, I look stupid in new clothes. When I told my mum she hugged me. She looked really hurt. 'Can we take them back to the shop? I asked. She just told me to stop crying.

      THEY RAN OFF (G)

      T

      he crowd were being really mean to me—even Zoe. And I thought she was my friend. Every time I went up to them in the playground they ran away from me screaming 'She's coming. Quick. Run.' Zoe running away was the worst thing. I didn't know what to do.  Whether to follow them or what. So I ran after them to ask if I could play. They ran off again. Amy said 'Go away,' really fiercely.

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